Question

I have three times as many cats as Alice but Bob has 7 less cats than me. In total we have 56 cats. How many cats do I have?

Answer 1

The number of cats that you have is; 27 cats

How to calculate algebra word problems?

Let the number of cats alice has be x.

Since you have thrice the amount of cats that alice has, then you have 3x cats.

Bob has 7 less cats than you. Thus, bob has; 3x - 7

If they have a total of 56 cats, then;

x + 3x - 7 + 3x = 56

7x - 7 = 56

7x = 56 + 7

7x = 63

x = 63/7

x = 9

Thus, number of cats you have = 3x = 3 * 9 = 27 cats

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